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Sierra Leone: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin

8925people · 2025+82.1% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1988 to 2025.

19882025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20258,925
20248,042
20237,445
20226,939
20216,615
20205,734
20195,288
20184,846
20174,496
20164,678
20154,900
20144,988
20135,305
20126,191
20117,985
201011,261
200915,398
200832,517
200732,114
200642,849
200540,473
200441,797
200370,571
2002141,473
2001179,097
2000402,798
1999490,047
1998406,070
1997329,322
1996375,100
1995379,491
1994275,298
1993311,181
1992253,591
1991142,614
19908
19898
19888

Source

Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UNHCR (2026). Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-by-origin (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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